I don’t know whether the mystery of this triple homicide ever will be solved. FILE – In this Feb. 21, 2020 file photo, ...

Weger was convicted in the 1960 slayings of 50-year-old Lillian Oetting, 47-year-old Frances Murphy and 50-year-old Mildred ...

Chester Weger, the man convicted in the notorious 1960 Starved Rock killings, has died, his attorney confirmed Tuesday.

Chester Weger, the man convicted of slaying a woman at an Illinois state park in 1960, has died, according to a report from ...

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) — For the third time in 10 weeks, a suspicious inmate death at Menard Correctional Center in far southern Illinois has been ruled a homicide.

THE LATE ELECTION.; Speech of Ex-Secretary Chase. The Tornado in Illinois The Villages of Menard and Randolph Destroyed. Share full article. Nov. 20, 1864.

News 3 requested information with the Illinois Department of Corrections (IDOC) in relation to ongoing exposures of substances in the Menard Correctional Center out of Chester, Illinois.

CHESTER, Ill. -- A dozen staff members at a southern Illinois correctional facility were taken to a hospital after experiencing some medical symptoms. A spokesperson with the Illinois Department ...

CHESTER, Ill. — A dozen staff members at a southern Illinois correctional facility were taken to a hospital after experiencing some medical symptoms. A spokesperson with the Illinois Department of ...

Menard, a 146-year-old prison located along the banks of the Mississippi River, houses about 1,500 maximum-security and 300 medium-security individuals. Eddie Caumiant, a regional director with AFSCME ...

Hundreds of Menard Correctional Center employees and their supporters staged a rally alongside a busy street in Chester on Monday, highlighting what they described as perilous working conditions at ...